Search for two missing Dutchess County men in Hudson River will resume Thursday, police say

HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- A search will resume Thursday for two men missing after the canoe they were in capsized on the Hudson River early Friday, state police said.

Capt. Scott Brown, Zone 1 commander for state police Troop K, said police were not searching for the missing men Monday or today because of the holiday and do not plan a search Wednesday due to expected inclement weather.

So far, neither of the missing men have been found, Brown said Monday afternoon.

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State police are using a "side-scan sonar" in the water search, which gives them images of the bottom of the river, Brown said. He said state police are working closely with the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office and the Hyde Park Police Department, which is leading the search.

Hyde Park Police Chief Eric Paolilli could not be reached for comment Monday.

Brown said a number of agencies, including firefighters and forest rangers, are also assisting with the ground search. He said the biggest obstacle to finding the men is the size of the river.

"It's just a vast body of water in the area we're searching," Brown said. Even so, he said he is confident that if the men are in the area police are searching, they will be found.

Emergency responders searched both the Hudson River and nearby land for Barrett Raymond, 31, of Hyde Park, and Baylin Coddington, 26, of Millbrook, who went missing after their canoe capsized in the river near the Rodgers Point Boat Club early Friday morning, Hyde Park police have said.

Police said Raymond, Coddington and Michael Maurer, 29, of Hyde Park, took the 14-foot canoe onto the river at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday and held on to the overturned vessel after it capsized.

Maurer managed to swim to shore and went for help, police said. Police said he made it to shore shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday and walked about a half-mile to the Ledges and Royal Crest apartment complex off Albany Post Road, where he began knocking on doors. Once authorities were notified, the search for his companions began, police said.

Police said none of the men had been wearing a flotation device. Police have also said one of the missing men was due to be married the day after the accident, but they still have not identified which was to be the groom.

Brown said the canoe was found, but it offered few clues as to the missing men's whereabouts.